“For they that are after
the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:5.

After a year in office
it’s obvious Obama is still in love with himself. Sadly,
approximately 46 percent of those polled in recent
surveys remain totally enthralled with this man. But
worst of all are those who profess to follow Jesus
Christ yet remain devoted to this man and his agenda,
eventhough
Obama stands for everything God abhors.

Knowing that our God is a
jealous God, and that He is the one and only true God,
how then can professing believers follow a man who looks
at himself as the world’s messiah?Where’s
the loyalty to Christ? Do we just ignore God’s word and
follow His nemesis? Either God’s word is true or it’s
false, we must submit to God and His will through His
word or we walk away from God and join the camp of the
enemy. Is it possible for born again believersin
Christ to be so thoroughly influenced by one of His
staunchest enemies?

The answer to that
question is found in our Bibles. What’s more,it’s
as plain as the nose on Obama’s face. Both believers and
unbelievers whovoted
for Obama are after the flesh as stated in the
verse above. They also mind the things of the flesh.
In other words they are carnally minded. Their
minds are focused,even
centered on what will benefit them, but certainly they
are unconcerned in regards to the will of God. God’s
word gives us direction yet many who say they are
Christians voted for, and still support, Obama.

“Before I formed thee in
the belly I knew thee;” Jeremiah 1:5. God told
Jeremiah that He knew him before He formed him in the
womb. We can certainly conclude from this verse that God
knows all of us before we’re formed in our mother’s
womb. Therefore He also knows each aborted baby before
they are ever formed and ultimately destroyed. Yet many
Christians keep right on with their admiration for a man
who is 100 percent pro- abortion. If you voted for Obama
you voted against God, plain and simple.

“Thou shalt not lie with
mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” Leviticus 18:22. God says
homosexuality is an abomination to Him,yet
these same Christians elected a man who has given
himself over fully to condoning this horrible lifestyle.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the
truth in unrighteousness;”Romans 1:18. God
destroyed whole nations and some cities of the past
because of their flagrant sinful lifestyle of
homosexuality because God calls this lifestyle and
abomination to Him.

Many will tell you that
one sin is the same as another in God’s eyes. Oh Really?
Well as far as other sins go, how many cities of our
past human history has God destroyed for the sin of
lying, stealing, or covetousness? People have condemned
themselves and placed themselves in Hades for sinning
against their Creator but has God purposely destroyed
any other city, or nation for that matter, because of
lying, cheating, stealing, even murdering? The whole
world is turning a blind eye to the sin of
homosexuality. But does the whole world turn a blind eye
to any other sin?

As believers, we must
stand firm on God’s word and make godly decisions
pertaining to who we vote into any office. When a
candidate for any office, makes his platform as well
known to the voting public as Obama did, a man who is
diametrically opposed to God, it’s not hard to
understand the mindset of the Christians that voted for
Him. Those professing Christians who voted for Obama are
carnally minded. “For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6. Over the past few months, some of
the believers who voted for Obama have written to me
expressing their shame in having had that carnal
mindset. Praise God they woke up. But as we can all see
the damage has been done.

What does it mean for a
believer to be carnally minded? It’s a mindset that is
contrary to God and His will for their lives. For a
person to profess a relationship with Christ and yet to
be so fixated on the world that their mind no longer
relates to the will of God is to be carnally minded.
How can a person such as this actually be born again?
Those who are truly born from God are focused on God;
their lives have been turned over to Him. They are
willing to stand on His precepts no matter what the
consequences. And they would never knowingly vote for
someone who stands in direct opposition to God’s
precepts.

There is no “in between”
area to hope for here. Jesus said, “He that is not
with me is against me; Matthew 12:30a. We
can’t be for Obama and with Jesus at the same time,
that’s impossible.Jesus took a firm stand on
right and wrong and thoroughly expects His followers to
show the same regard for the things we know to be evil.
Homosexuality is wrong, and it’s an abomination for a
believer “in Christ” to vote for a candidate who openly
condones such a abhorrent behavior. It’s wrong to kill
the unborn. The baby in the womb is known by God. The
baby is innocent of any wrong doing. Why would any
believer hang on the side of such error, disregarding
God’s inerrant word? Carnality, they are after
the flesh, not the spirit.

Being carnally minded
leads to death. “Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God:” Romans 8:7a. If you don’t know
what that word enmity means do yourself a favor and look
it up in your concordance. In my Strong’s concordance
it’s #G 2189. It actually means hatred. If you
are at enmity with God it means you hate God. Wow. How
many professing to being born again voted for Obama, the
man who stands against the one true God? Many. Well
then, how many Christians voted carnally in the last
presidential election? Every professing Christian who
marked Obama for President on their ballet sheet. Let me
ask the question again but phrased slightly differently.
How many Christians hate God? All who stand with any man
who is at enmity with God.

We’ve now seen this man in
action for a whole year and are faced with enduring
three more years with a man who being duly elected
president of the US is thoroughly content in his
failure to follow God in any way. Obama is at enmity
with God. In other words Obama hates God, if he didn’t
he wouldn’t be so firmly entrenched in the issues that
are obviously opposed to God (abortion, homosexuality,
etc).

Obama actually had the
audacity to make the claim that he is a follower of
Jesus Christ, yet he stands against God in every
decision he makes. Why then should he have received even
one vote from those who profess to stand with God? That
carnal mindset is the only answer. Here we are
trying desperately to understand how God could allow
this man into office to run a nation built on Christian
principles, when all it takes is a little perusal
through His word to find the answer. Carnality is
at the core.

“If ye were of the world,
the world would love his own:” John 15:19a. The lost (nonbelievers in
Christ) are of the world and they are perishing, and the
world certainly loves their own. Believers should not be
in love with this world, moreover this world should know
that all Christians are opposed to every immoral and
evil deed set down. But as long as Christians live with
a carnal mindset the world will continue to love
them just as they do their own.

“So then they that are in
the flesh cannot please God.” Romans 8:8.
All the while believers remain in the flesh, and
carnally minded, they won’t be pleasing God. I
wonder how many Christian believers actually understand
that verse. Being born again means we are focused on
pleasing God, not ourselves. No matter what befalls a
true born again believer in Christ we will remain true
to God and His word.

When we pursue earthly
wealth and materialism to the point that God’s will is
diminished in our lives,wrong
decisions, like voting for someone with Obama’s
credentials or lack thereof, can only lead to becoming
even more carnally minded.But
if we are spiritually minded our mindsetwill
be one of allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us into godly
decisions. Obviously many who profess Christ as their
Savior and Lord but are more concerned about the things
of the world are not allowing the Holy Spirit a place in
their decision making process.

Many lost people voted for
Obama because they were afraid of losing their material
wealth, they believed his lies. Nothing was as important
as the financial situation in the minds of most who
voted for him, and that goes for many Christians also.
As long as believers stay in that mindset it won’t
really matter who runs for the office of president. As
long as the candidate relates to that materialistic
mindset(the
flesh), the other issues of the day will just fade away.
The flesh will get in the way of every decision when the
mind is in that carnal mode. This is enmity with God.

“But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of
God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his.” Romans 8:9. The apostle Paul is
speaking here to the believers in Rome. He saythat
if we profess to be a follower of Jesus Christ but we
haven’t His Spirit dwelling in us we are not His. If I
may elaborate a little further on Paul’s comments, if we
don’t have Christ then we are still Satan’s property.
And obviously, being in the flesh will be a very naturaland
basically everyday occurrence.

“Therefore, brethren, we
are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.”
Romans 8:12.
As believers we
owe no debt to the flesh or Satan,but
to God. We are born from God when we became believers in
His Son. We owe God a huge debt of gratitude that we can
never repay. Why allow the flesh to reign over us since
we owe the flesh nothing? To whom do we give our
allegiance?

“For if ye live after the
flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as
many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons
of God.”
Romans 8:13, 14. Believers have spiritually
“died” to sin and the power of the flesh, and in generalto
all spiritual association with the world. We now belong
to Christ and our identification is in Him. We who are
believers in Christ are no longer unregenerate (lost)
nor should we live according to the flesh (carnally). We
have been designated “sons of God”. As such we have put
the flesh to death.

This mindset of living
carnally and hence in enmity with God has corrupted many
a believer. When we who areGod’s
children take a stance for evil we are in rebellion to
God and consequently we are at enmity to God. If you are
one of those folks that has placed Obama on a pedestal
and elevated him to a status above God in your life
because of your foolish tendencies toward wealth and
materialism and your fear of losing what earthly
possessions you’ve acquired, then Obama has become your
god. Who then will you be relying on for your salvation?
If you are at enmity with God Almighty you might want to
re-think your claim to eternal salvation.

“...carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life...
Romans 8:6. Where do you stand in relationship to
your Creator God? Are you carnally minded? If you
are, then you are living according to the flesh, and
your mindset is flawed. Do you hate God? Surely you
don’t. But if your mindset is carnal it’s time to make a
change. A relationship with God is based on our faith in
Him in all earthly endeavors. God is the believer’s
providence, and believers are saved to serve not to
strive for and attain earthly rewards such as wealth and
power. Carnally minded or Holy Spirit filled? You
can’t have it both ways.